How do i start the lighttpd daemon?

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The Ubuntu installation provides a service control script.

$ sudo systemctl start lighttpd

Check the lighttpd daemon is running.

$ systemctl status lighttpd
lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-01-13 09:12:02 GMT; 15min ago
 Main PID: 8330 (lighttpd)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/lighttpd.service
           └─8330 /usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Jan 13 09:12:02 training1-vm systemd[1]: Starting Lighttpd Daemon...
Jan 13 09:12:02 training1-vm systemd[1]: Started Lighttpd Daemon.